By Ashley Strickland | CNN | Updated 1:59 PM ET, Fri October 2, 2020 (CNN) The first image of a black hole, captured in 2019, has revealed more support for Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity. The new finding has suggested his theory is now 500 times harder to beat.Einstein’s theory, or the idea that gravity is matter warping […]
Category: Black Holes
Putting the Squeeze on General Relativity
Analyzing the first image of a black hole in a nearby galaxy, researchers have provided quantitative tests of general relativity in the strongest gravitational fields yet. October 1, 2020 | Physics 13, s128 In 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) released the first image of a giant black hole in the nearby galaxy M87. Revealing a circular […]
$3M Breakthrough Prize Goes to Black Hole Hunters Including UA Astrophysicists
The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, which included several University of Arizona researchers and students, received a prestigious award for producing the first image of a supermassive black hole, taken by means of an Earth-sized alliance of telescopes. By Daniel Stolte | University Communications | Sept. 5, 2019 Researchers from the University of Arizona are named in a […]
2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Awarded to the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
WINNERS OF THE 2020 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES, FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS ANNOUNCED September 5, 2019 – (San Francisco) – The Breakthrough Prize Foundation and its founding sponsors – Sergey Brin, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, Ma Huateng, Yuri and Julia Milner, and Anne Wojcicki – today announced the recipients of the 2020 Breakthrough Prize […]
Public Lecture Series: Bringing Black Holes into Focus with the Event Horizon Telescope
Albert Einstein predicted the existence of black holes over a century ago when he developed the theory of general relativity. Today, his predictions are being tested through work being done to take the first-ever images of nearby black holes using an earth-sized telescope array, the Event Horizon Telescope. The Event Horizon Telescope shared groundbreaking results from […]